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December 2025 | SIDELINESMAGAZINE
ANGEL
HEART
FARM
WHERE HORSES
WEAR HALOS
By Annelise Klepper
ithin the span of six months, a
tornado destroyed Tracy Kujawa’s
Nashville home, she lost her mother
to cancer, lost her father and was diagnosed with
cancer herself. Few people would expect that
such a catastrophic time would be the catalyst
to something healing; but then again, Tracy’s
journey has never been predictable.
Before she was Tracy of Angel Heart
Farm—a 501(c)(3) organization based in
College Grove, Tennessee, that collaborates
with the physicians of children experiencing
life-threatening illnesses to tailor a customized
equine therapy program—Tracy was a resilient,
resourceful, self-described farm kid.
Turning Pain Into Giving
Horses have always been a part of Tracy’s
life—literally. On the day she was born, her father
bought her a pony. The passions of her young
adulthood were varied. She moved around
the country, photographed for NASCAR,
became a set designer and accomplished stylist,
working on music videos and films, all the while
competing as an amateur in the Arabian industry.
While in Minnesota, Khuryia, Tracy’s beloved
mare and saving grace, was born. “People will call
her my heart horse, but it’s so much more than
that,” Tracy said. “She’s the air I breathe, plain and
simple.” Her career then brought her and Khuryia
to Tennessee. A few years later, at the same time
Tracy’s mother was in her final stages of cancer in
1998, Tracy was told she had cancer, too.
“When I was told the news, I didn’t stay. I
headed straight to the barn. The doctors were
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Isla and Khuryia at Angel Heart
Farm in College Grove, Tennessee.
Photo by Kacy Brown